Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them,
for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."Matthew 19:14

Pages

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Lent II

Children’s Chapel

March 12, 2017

Lent II

Bible Reference:
Psalm 121

I.Welcome: Good Morning girls and boys! I am so happy to see you all
this morning! Do we have any new friends with us? (Welcome new friends.)

II.Church Practice: (light
altar candles)

We light these
candles to remind us that Christ is the light of the world. We remember that
God is always with us, that Jesus lives in our hearts and that we are inspired
by the power of the Holy Spirit. The cloth on our Children’s Chapel altar is purple
because we are in the second week of the season of Lent. Who would like to move
the arrow on our liturgical calendar? (Allow one child to come up to the calendar
to move the arrow forward one week.) The arrow is now pointing to the second purple
square which is the same color as the cloth that we have on our altar. You will also notice that in big church we the
altar frontal, church dressings, and clergy stoles are purple. Before we begin
our Bible lesson today, let us pray.

III.Opening
Prayer:Heavenly Father, we are
here to worship and praise you. Open our hearts and minds so that we may hear
your words spoken to us through the Bible story today. During this season of
Lent draw us near to you and give us strength that we may serve you through
Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives, and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one
God, for ever and ever. Amen

IV.Introduction: How
many of you have every needed help doing something. Let’s think of some things
in our lives that we may have needed help with. (allow answers.) We may need
help for lots of things. We may not be able to tie our own shoes and we need
help from mom or dad or a big brother or sister to help us tie our shoes. We
may need help reaching something that is too high for us in the closet. We may
need help when we are learning to ride a bicycle. We all have needed help doing
things. Even adults need help. Long ago, a man who was named David wrote songs
called Psalms. This man eventually became a king and was known as a great
ruler. It is from King David that Jesus’s family comes from. David wrote many
songs talking about God. Today we will listen to one of his songs in the book of
Psalms in the Old Testament.

V.Bible
Story: Psalm 121 (Read Aloud)

1I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come?

2My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

3He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not
slumber.

4He who keeps Israel will neither
slumber nor sleep.

5The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right
hand.

6The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

7The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.

8The Lord will keep your going out
and your coming in from this time on and forevermore.

VI.Response:
The season of Lent is a special time in the church calendar
because it is a time in which we remember that God is always with us and that
God is always there to help us. In the Psalm that David wrote, he said, “from
where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and
earth.” David further says that God will not only help us but that he will care
for us and protect us day and night, not just for one day and not just during
the season of Lent, but forever! That is an amazing gift that God gives to us
every single day!Sometimes we may
forget that God is there to help us. We may try to do things all by ourselves.
Adults are especially known for trying to do things all by themselves without
help. But what would happen if you tried to do something really hard all by
yourself without asking for help? You may get hurt, or you may accidentally
hurt someone else, or you may get frustrated and feel sad and angry because you
could not do the thing you were trying to do without help. The good news is
that even though we may try to do things by ourselves without help, God sent
Jesus to be with us who is always there to be our help. Jesus lived among us
and showed us each how to turn towards God for help. We have hope because we
know that through Jesus, we are never alone and that God is always with us.
During the season of Lent we practice turning our eyes towards God as Jesus
taught us to look for our help. Even though this church season is only for 40
days, we can use the Lenten practice of turning towards God and looking to him
for our help every single day of the year. Let us pray.

VII.Closing
Prayer: Heavenly Father, we thank you
for the gift of your son Jesus who lived among us and taught us each how to
look to you for help. We try to do things by ourselves and forget that
you are always with us. Help us to turn our eyes towards you so that we may remember
that you are always with us looking out for us and caring for all of our needs.
Strengthen us in our weakness as we trust in you. Amen.

VIII.Response
Activity (Crafts, Singing, or another activity will be provided.)